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As Christians, when we take a stand for our faith, we want to avoid coming across as overly combative or adversarial. While it's important to be uncompromising when we communicate the truth, Scripture also calls us to speak the truth with love. Bridge-Building Apologetics is about establishing caring and compassionate relationships with those whom you desire to reach for Christ. Going beyond merely comparing truth with error, this accessible and informative guide shows you how to overcome relational barriers and graciously reach out to those with whom you disagree.

Simplify Your Life: $3 Solutions to Big Problems - Building Trust and Intimacy Edition Strengthen your relationships with practical strategies for trust and intimacy. This $3 guide offers actionable tips to help you overcome barriers, deepen connections, and create a foundation for long-lasting relationships. Whether you’re looking to rebuild trust or enhance closeness, this eBook equips you with the tools to thrive together. Inside, you’ll discover: Step-by-step exercises to build trust and intimacy. Techniques for better communication and emotional safety. Activities to foster deeper ...

Start Late, Finish Rich applies David Bach's financial wisdom to all those who forgot to save (or just plain procrastinated) and are worried that it is too late to achieve financial freedom. For those who worry that they'll never be able to retire on their current savings, hope and help have arrived. David's message is that it is never too late to finish rich.

A fading aristocrat and self-proclaimed "scientist of women". A purring, voluptuous siren. A young shop girl enduring the clammy touch of her boss and hating herself for accepting the modest banknotes he tucks into her pocket afterward. An earnest, devout young doorman, feeling the irresistible pull toward fundamentalism. A cynical, secretly gay newspaper editor, helplessly in love with a peasant security guard. A roof-squatting tailor, scheming to own property. A corrupt and corpulent politician, twisting the Koran to justify taking a mistress. All live in the Yacoubian Building....

This book makes publicly available for the first time the same inclusive design process used at Google to create user-centric award-winning and profitable products. Author and Head of Product Inclusion Annie Jean-Baptiste outlines what those practices look like in industries beyond tech with fascinating case studies. Listeners will learn the key strategies and step-by-step processes for inclusive product design that limits risk and increases profitability.

When billionaire Archer Gaines needs to escape his father's corrupt shadow and a related scandal, he purchases The Serendipity, a historic apartment building far from New York City. He believes in bottom lines and big business deals, definitely not in the local folklore surrounding the town of Serendipity Springs. So he's eager to move forward with plans to flip the building into luxury lofts. But The Serendipity doesn't particularly care what Archer believes, and the building has plans of its own.

An authentic brand community is more than just people buying your product or working alongside one another. This audiobook articulates the critical roles of mutual concern, common values, and shared experiences in creating fiercely loyal customer and collaborator relationships. Carrie Melissa Jones and Charles Vogl argue that in an authentic and enriching community, members have mutual concern for one another, share personal values, and join together in meaningful shared experiences, whether online or off. On the deepest level, brands must help members grow into who they want to be.

Building Business Credit: Essential Strategies for Financial Success **Unlock Financial Opportunities and Build Strong Business Credit!** By Gerald Lacey, MBA MSSCM **About the Book:** Are you ready to take control of your business's financial future? "Building Business Credit: Essential Strategies for Financial Success" is your comprehensive guide to understanding and leveraging business credit to secure funding, negotiate better terms with suppliers, and enhance your company's financial stability. **Inside This Book, You'll Discover:** - **How to Separate Personal and Business Credit:** ...

The collapse in real estate prices from 2007 through 2012 was the most significant event in the real estate industry since the Great Depression. But today, with the real estate market rebounding, a new generation of investors is entering the field, eager to make their fortune. Building Wealth One House at a Time, Second Edition provides you with a practical way to create wealth through an ethical approach of buying, financing, and managing property.

We often wonder what Jesus will ask us when we meet Him face to face. We believe that some of his first questions will be about discipleship. How have we followed His Great Commission to make disciples? How many disciples did we raise up to do greater things than we ourselves achieved? Who "imitates our lives as we imitate Christ"? Jesus did not command us to build the church; He called us to make disciples.

After the collapse of the known world, Rowan Wilder opened his eyes and found himself on the first floor of the Tower. With a flawless memory and a mere eight cards to his name, he must venture out and prepare himself for the coming calamity.

Prayer is talking to God, and when you talk to God you change. You might not change overnight, but change will come for the better. Life gets better when you talk to God. You can pray and not be a Christian, but you cannot be a Christian and not pray. Be prepared to be challenged and encouraged to pray like never before as you read Building a Prayer Life; One day at a time. In this book, Bible teacher Darrell Combs teaches you what it means to pray and what it means not to pray. He shows you how to build a prayer life one day at a time. God wants to talk to you. You cannot create an ...

"Conquer the Building Inspector Exam: Your Guide to Structural, Architectural, and Safety Inspections" is a comprehensive study guide designed to help candidates excel in the building inspector exam. The book is divided into meticulously structured chapters that cover a wide range of topics, ensuring a thorough understanding of the key areas required for the exam. The guide begins with an introduction to the role of a building inspector, emphasizing the importance of building codes, standards, and key skills necessary for the job. It then delves into specific codes and regulations, ...

You already have the key to unlocking your real personality and fearlessly creating your authentic life free of labels and comparisons–you just need to be shown how. Whether you’re a nerd or a jock, an overachiever or an underachiever, a loner or an outcast, that is not your entire identity. It’s just one tiny part of the vast you.

We’ve learned that whatever your company delivers, your success depends on how your people work as a team. Too often, we see companies keep a laser focus on improving business processes, only to find their people are miserable. We team up with leaders to create cultures and processes that set up a company to thrive on every front.

Drawing from her experience at Google and Meta, Dr. Marily Nika delivers the definitive guide for product managers building AI and GenAI powered products. Packed with smart strategies, actionable tools, and real-world examples, this book breaks down the complex world of AI agents and generative AI products into a playbook for driving innovation to help product leaders bridge the gap between niche AI and GenAI technologies and user pain points.

Proven ways to improve your child's self-esteem. A solid sense of self-worth helps your child make good choices, develop healthy relationships, and work to achieve his or her dreams. But what's the best way to instill self-confidence while still teaching your child to value and care about others? Based on a biblical understanding of human worth, Building Confidence in Your Child teaches you how to parent positively and help your child grow into a secure adult who is poised for success in life.

Time after time, His Needs, Her Needs has topped the charts as the best-selling marriage book available. In this classic book, Dr. Willard F. Harley, Jr., identifies the 10 most vital needs of men and women and shows husbands and wives how to make their marriage sizzle by satisfying those needs in their spouses. He provides guidance for becoming irresistible to your spouse and for loving more creatively and sensitively, thereby eliminating the problems that often lead to conflict and even extramarital affairs.

As an academically gifted Latino kid growing up in the Bronx, Stephen Bruno’s family had high aspirations for his future. He attended magnet schools and selective academic programs and was on track to realize his potential. But those dreams were derailed when, much to his Mami’s dismay, he followed a girlfriend to Minnesota and a dead-end job. Languishing and unable to get it together, Stephen eventually moved back home.

Thomas Lowe was destined for a life of mediocrity, working a dead-end job in rural America. But fate seemed to have other plans for him. One card changes everything. While he's gifted a power beyond imagination, he also unlocks a prophecy that puts him in the crosshairs of Ancient Clans and Noble Houses that have existed since the dawn of the first era.